Legend has it that a caricature of (1) was used as an early inspiration, and (2) was created. (2) later evolved into a much-hated character. What did (2) become?
Hint: 
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Connect the physicist in 1 with 2
2. 
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Like Logik and p vs np noticed, this is a repeat question. Sorry about that folks. Will post another question and push it back in time someday.
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Whose plan?
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If 1 sent and received email, what did 2 do?
2. 
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Borderline non-geek question sent in by Abhishek Upadhya. Thanks a ton dude!
What is 1? (teh rest of the images are hints)
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Which song connects?
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Connect
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(1), a famous botanist who was quite adept at looking at little things through microscopes, discovered something about small particles that was named after him. However, much later, people suspected that he may not have been able to do any such thing, because his microscope (2) was not good enough. Much later, (3) came along and proved that, while using (2), (1) would’ve seen (4).
Who’s (1)?
Also, happy independence day Indian readers :-)
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Hello World!
Boiledbeans has turned 2 years old today!
We are super thrilled about this and to celebrate, we have some exciting contests planned for the weekend starting 22nd August 2009. We will put in more details about the contest(s) in the coming days, so please keep your calendar booked!
We thank all our guest question contributors, hall of famers, awesome runlength holders, monthly toppers and most importantly, every single user of Boiledbeans for keeping us running!
Thank you!
Bonus question for the day: Identify the cake.
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The Portal Cake!
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